William Leuchtenburg

Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and past president of the American Historical Association; author of the forthcoming Herbert Hoover, a biography of the 31st president

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